No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
ISAAC ASIMOVThere is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
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Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies.
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There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
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It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
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And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
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Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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If we only obey those rules that we think are just and reasonable, then no rule will stand, for there is no rule that some will not think is unjust and unreasonable.
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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
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They won’t listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even if it were the truth. They don’t want the truth; they want their traditions.
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Anything you make forbidden gains sexual attractiveness. Would you be particularly interested in women’s breasts if you lived in a society in which they were displayed at all times?
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’
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There is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.
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There is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
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So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.
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Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
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There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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